Democracy Quote by Christopher Lasch Download Open image “Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.” — Christopher Lasch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Democracy Democracy Time Die Indifference Dies Indifference Indifference Intolerance Intolerance Our time Time
If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Toleration means being prepared to accept opinions that you intensely dislike. Likewise democracy means consenting to be governed by people whom you intensely dislike.… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Democracy, like love, can survive almost any attack except neglect and indifference. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
There is nothing that dies so hard and rallies so often as intolerance. — William Borah Copy Share Image
Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Intolerance has become, I think, the reigning ideology of the world today, the intolerance versus intolerance and it's taken on lethal proportions. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot be built on revenge and you will not have the support of the world if you are intolerant and take the law… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
“Members of the educated elite upheld open-mindedness as the supreme political virtue but refused to debate their own idea of the good life, perhaps… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Vote for Donald Trump. You're going to see something and you'll be so happy, you'll be so thrilled. This [presidential] election is about every… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Failure to find a way to incorporate political Islam in democracy, however uncomfortable its ideology is for secular liberals, will mean we have given… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
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